Just received a review copy of The Cutie by Donald E. Westlake -- it's the latest noir release from Hard Case Crime. The paperback is a new edition of his first novel and the first to ever appear under the title he originally intended it to have.
Westlake passed away this past New Year's Eve at the age of 75. The Cutie is the first of his books to be published after his death. Here's the book's description:
"Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He'd been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie--before the cutie found me."
Westlake was a gifted storyteller, I'm definitely looking forward to diving in and writing the review. If you like crime fiction, especially crime fiction with a noir flavor, check out Hard Case Crime.
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